Sanitary catch-basin



(No Model.)

H.- C. BUDDENBERG.

SANITARY GATGH BASIN.

N. PETKRS. Phalo-Lhhographvr. Walhlngton. DA C.

UNITED o STATES 4PATENT CITICEo TIENEN o. BUDDENBERG, or CINCINNATI, oIIIo.

SANITARY CATCH-BASIN.

'ECIFICATON forming `part: of Letters Patent No. 340,694, dated Ap1'12'7,1836.

Application tiled November 24, 1895. Serial No. 183,'306. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Betknown that. I, HENRY C. BUDDENBERG, a citizen ot' the United states. residing at (Jincinnati, Hamilton count-y, State ot' Ohio, have invented a new and nsel'ul Sanitary Catch- Basin, otwhich the-following isa specitlcation.

My invention relates to improvements in such catch-basins in which accumulate the de'- posits ot several water-closets or seats prior to their ruiming oif through ajoiut outlet to a sewer-trap and branch sewer into the main sewer.

The object ot' my invention is to provide a catch-basin which meets all sanitary requirements, that is odorless, dilutes the excreinents in such a manner as to prevent their accumulation or sticking` to the walls and tloor o;n the basin, and insure a quick and couiplete emptying ol' it through the outlet tothe sewer. l attain these objet-.ts by the construction illustratedin theaccompanying drawings7 in which- Figure lis a longitudinal section ot my dev vice at the line l l, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section at theline 2 2 ot' Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa central vertical section, and Fig. 4 is a top View, ot' my grate. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section ot' a slightly moditied form ot' my device.

My improved sanitary catch basin (shown in Fig. l) may serve. l'ortwo or four seats or water- Closets, C U, and consists, next, in the four vertical surrounding walls A A' Al A'. Une ot' these walls, A', is only partly vertical. The lower portion ot' it assumes the character of au inclined plane, a, and runs toward the grate B. The other three walls continue on vertically down. 'lw o moresmallerinclined planes, a af, start troni the walls A A,and converge also toward the grate. Thus the three inclined planes ct a' c', in conjunction with wall A, form a l'unnel which guides all Inatter and excrements at once toward the grate, preventing any accumulation elsewhere.

On the outer side otwall A asmalier basin or reservoir, D, is built, using part of the vertical portion ol this wall as an inclosu re therefor. Into this basin discharge all waste-water pipes from the house, such as pipes leading from sinks, wash-stands, batlrtnbs, 85e.; also the rainwater from the gutters. They may enter this basin separately as they come from the building, as shown at d d, Figs. l and 2; or they may join bel'orc and enter the basin through one pipe. as at d. Fig. 5.

In the vertical portion ot' wall A', near the top ofthe inclined plane ,aud level willi the bottom ot' reservoir D, are several small apertures, c. These apertures` are so large and uuiuerous as to sutliee to discharge the water about as quick as it enters, to prevent any rising or bai-.king up in case ol' heavy rain. As they are distributed across the whole width ofthe basin and wall A. the streams ot' water issuing therel'rom (see arrow, Fig. l) will reach and tiush every part of inclined plane a, on which all ot' the excrements drop.

My grate B consists o t a series o t' gratebars, b, which start t'rom a flanged piet-e, b', and converge upwardly toward a top piece. b". This top piece has an opening, b'", hy which the grate, which sits looselyou the vertical portion ot' the'trap E. may be lit'ted ont i'or cleaning the latter. l pret'er this vertical grate. as it does not clog up as easy as a horizontal one would in case large quantities of offal should be thrown upon it at once. In oase the grate should get obstructed once, an overtiow, F, which connects with the trap E, prevents t-hebasiu from getting` filled up.

Hy form shown in Fig. 5 may be employed when there are more waterclosets or seats to be taken in. As shown7 it may serve for i'onr or eight seats.i

Instead ot only one end wall forming an in- `cliued plane, the two end walls, Aand A,

forni each one an inclined plane, a and n, respectively, which converge toward the grate in the center.

I do not coutlne myself to the material of which the surrounding walls and inclined planes may be constructed. 'lhe vertical walls may be brick-work, while the oblique walls and top of reservoir D may be stone nagging. In all cases, however, the basin and auxiliary basin havetobe constructed water-tight, which is best done by providing the inside with one or more coats ot' cement plaster.

A catch-basin constructed as described above isalmost odorless, as the constantemptying ot' waste-water in a house provides a tlushing and diluting agent which prevents any accumulation at the bottom or formation of scum at the sides and removes the excremeuts 2. In a catch-basin, the combination of liql uid-Waste receiver D with inclined plane a 1o and grate B.

In testin1on7 of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

HENRY C. BUDDENBERG.,

Witnesses:

CARL SPENGEL, AARON E. MOORE, 

